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This increased interest in agritourism and, more specifically, farm stays, is no surprise, according to Dr. Marta Soligo, assistant professor, William F. Harrah College of Hospitality, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. During the COVID-19 pandemic, outdoor recreation and tourism garnered increased attention, a trend still growing today.

A long, rolling mindwipe through the healing beauty of the West would be good for me mentally, emotionally, even spiritually. Perhaps for you, too. But what about ethically? After all, we’re a quarter of the way through the 21st century, and we should no longer operate as if blithely unaware of travel’s complicated, adverse impacts: the way fossil fuels worsen climate change; the eco-damage caused by tourists trampling our lovely places to find their selfies; the social stratifications reified by the privileges of leisure travel.

The second Formula 1 Grand Prix race in Las Vegas was a hit, according to the Las Vegas Visitors and Convention Authority. But the overall economic impact, according to Applied Analysis, was down.

As the list of nations issuing travel warnings to the US grows, some visitors are opting to boycott it entirely. Here's why many foreigners are changing their travel plans and what this could mean for Americans.

Lucas Sielaff was in a car queue waiting to cross from Mexico into the US.

On a pitch-dark fall evening, I leaned back against a wooden platform in the Tobeatic Wilderness in Nova Scotia, Canada, my chilled fingers wrapped around a tin cup of hot chocolate, and opened my eyes to gaze at the night sky. I spotted familiar constellations: the Big Dipper poised to take a scoop of water, Orion stringing his bow, Cassiopeia eternally suspended upside-down on her throne. Between and beyond them stretched a never-ending, silvery web of stars and planets.

The landscape is otherworldly and seemingly unpopulated but for a forest of the iconic, human-like saguaro cactus native only to this part of the world.

I remember my first time at Arizona Hot Springs. In February 2016, I was in training to guide hiking and kayak tours in Black Canyon—a 12-mile stretch of the Colorado River downstream of Hoover Dam, known for its hot springs, near-pristine beaches and Emerald Cave.